Use of Confidential Information The parties agree that during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, Confidential Information is to be used solely in connection with satisfying their obligations pursuant to this Agreement, and that a party shall neither disclose Confidential Information to any third party, nor use Confidential Information for its own benefit, except as may be necessary to perform its obligations pursuant to this Agreement or as expressly authorized in writing by the other party, as the case may be. Neither party shall disclose any Confidential Information to any other persons or entities, except on a “need to know” basis and then only: (i) to their own employees and Agents (as defined below); (ii) to their own accountants and legal representatives, provided that any such representatives shall be subject to subsection(iv) below; (iii) to their own affiliates, provided that such affiliates shall be restricted in use and redisclosure of the Confidential Information to the same extent as the parties hereto. “Agents”, for purposes of this Section, mean each of the parties’ advisors, directors, officers, employees, contractors, consultants affiliated entities (i.e., an entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a party), or other agents. If and to the extent any Agent of the recipient receive Confidential Information, such recipient party shall be responsible for such Agent’s full compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall be liable for any such Agent’s non-compliance.
Disclosure of Confidential Information Any Finance Party may disclose:
Release of Confidential Information No Party shall release or disclose Confidential Information to any other person, except to its Affiliates (limited by FERC Standards of Conduct requirements), subcontractors, employees, consultants, or to parties who may be considering providing financing to or equity participation with Developer, or to potential purchasers or assignees of a Party, on a need-to-know basis in connection with this Agreement, unless such person has first been advised of the confidentiality provisions of this Article 22 and has agreed to comply with such provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Party providing Confidential Information to any person shall remain primarily responsible for any release of Confidential Information in contravention of this Article 22.
Confidential Information “Confidential Information” shall mean (i) Highly Confidential Information (as defined below), (ii) any other technology, software development tools, methodologies, processes, algorithms, test data sets and test data cases and related documentation that CI Plus LLP provides to Licensee hereunder in order to facilitate Licensee’s exercise of its rights and performance of its obligations hereunder, and (iii) any other information of CI Plus LLP and information of Licensee, each of which is clearly marked as “Confidential” or a similar expression when disclosed in written or electronic form, or indicated as “Confidential” when disclosed orally and confirmed in writing within thirty (30) calendar days after such disclosure. “Confidential Information” shall not include information which: (a) was in the possession of, or was known by, the receiving party ("Recipient") prior to its receipt from the disclosing party (“Discloser), without an obligation owed to Discloser, or its licensors, to maintain its confidentiality; (b) is or becomes generally known to the public without violation of this Agreement by the “Recipient”; (c) is obtained by Recipient from a third party, without an obligation owed to such third party to keep such information confidential; or (d) is independently developed by Recipient without use of any Confidential Information of the other party. Recipient agrees that it shall use reasonable care to keep the Confidential Information of the other party strictly confidential and not disclose it to any other person except to its Affiliates and its and their respective employees, contractors, consultants, agents, customers and representatives (other than Members) who have a “need to know” for the purposes of this Agreement and are obligated by Licensee to be bound by the same confidentiality obligation which Recipient is bound by under this Exhibit H, provided however that Recipient may disclose Highly Confidential Information only in accordance with Section 2 of this Exhibit H. Recipient shall be responsible for any breach of such confidentiality obligation by such parties, including former employees, Affiliates, contractors, consultants, agents, customers (other than Members) and representatives. Recipient shall protect the Confidential Information of the other party with the same degree of care as it normally uses in the protection of its own similar confidential and proprietary information, but in no case with any less than reasonable care. Notwithstanding anything in this Exhibit H to the contrary, Confidential Information may be disclosed by Recipient pursuant to the order or requirements of a court or governmental administrative agency or other governmental body of competent jurisdiction, provided that (x) Discloser has been notified of such a disclosure request immediately after Recipient knows such order or requirements in order to afford Discloser reasonable opportunity to obtain a protective order or otherwise prevent or limit the scope of such disclosure to the extent permitted by law and (y) Recipient cooperates in good faith with such efforts by Discloser. The obligations under this Exhibit H shall terminate three years after the date of the last shipment of product using the Licensed Technology by Licensee or any other licensee of the Licensed Technology; provided that Sections 2.0(b), 2.0(c), and 3.0 in this Exhibit H shall cease to apply when the Recipient has returned all tangible embodiments of Licensed Technology in its possession to the Discloser.
